< Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ehwaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.xʷɑz/
Noun
*ehwaz m
- horse
- (Runic alphabet) name of the E-rune (ᛖ)
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *ehwaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *ehwaz | *ehwōz, *ehwōs | |
| vocative | *ehw | *ehwōz, *ehwōs | |
| accusative | *ehwą | *ehwanz | |
| genitive | *ehwas, *ihwis | *ehwǫ̂ | |
| dative | *ihwai | *ehwamaz | |
| instrumental | *ehwō | *ehwamiz | |
Derived terms
- *ehwaraidō
Descendants
- Old English: eoh
- Old Saxon: ehu-, eo- (in compounds)
- Old High German: ehu- (in compounds)
- Old Norse: jór
- Icelandic: jór
- Gothic: *𐌰𐌹𐍈𐍃 (*aiƕs) (in 𐌰𐌹𐍈𐌰𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (aiƕatundi))
- (possibly) → Finnic: *hepoi